Software Engineer, Backend

About The RoleYou'll build and scale the backend systems that power millions users creating content every day on Gamma. This role is about solving real distributed systems challenges at scale while maintaining the performance and reliability users expect from a modern AI-powered product. You'll work across the full stack, shipping features that directly impact how people create and share their ideas.While this role is backend focused, you'll work across the entire product with our frontend, product, and design teams. Our full TypeScript stack is built on modern technologies including React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, and cutting-edge AI models.Our team has a strong in-office culture and works in person 4–5 days per week in San Francisco. We love working together to stay creative and connected, with flexibility to work from home when focus matters most.What You'll DoScale backend systems to hundreds of millions of users while maintaining high performance and availabilityBuild and optimize APIs that power real-time collaborative editing and AI content generationDesign and implement distributed systems that handle massive scale with reliabilityShip features across the full stack, working closely with frontend engineers to deliver polished experiencesArchitect solutions for complex technical challenges in areas like data consistency, caching, and query optimizationCollaborate with product and design to turn ideas into production-ready featuresWhat You'll Bring3+ years building production backend systems with strong fundamentals in distributed systems, databases, and API designDeep proficiency in TypeScript/Node.js or similar backend languages, with eagerness to work in our TypeScript stackExperience scaling systems to handle millions of users and high throughput workloadsStrong understanding of PostgreSQL, Redis, or similar database technologiesPassion for building APIs, scaling complex systems, and creating excellent web applicationsCuriosity and attitude that matches your technical knowledgePrior experience working with websockets, streaming, or scaling inference workloads (Nice to have)Compensation RangeThe base salary for this full-time position, which spans multiple internal levels depending on qualifications, ranges between $180K - $310K plus benefits & equity.Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including but not limited to experience and expertise in the requirements listed above.If you're interested in this role but you don't meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway! We're always excited about meeting great people.